Tearful and contrite, two Australian radio hosts Monday described themselves as heartbroken over the apparent suicide of the nurse in England who took their prank call seeking information about Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge.

Mel Greig and Michael Christian said their impersonation of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles was a silly stunt that they never expected to succeed, let alone play a potential role in the death of Jacintha Saldhana, who worked at the hospital where Prince William's wife was being treated for acute morning sickness.

they made an honest mistake and they know it, they r clearly devastated, and what would it say about us if we were to just keep piling it on, i find it cruel and unacceptable to make them feel any worse than they already do

can't joke around at all anymore without the some hyper-sensative person being offended or offing themselves. no one can take a joke anymore these days.and some governments are just itching to censor everything

Such phaggots must have predefined issues if they are to off themselves over something so trivial.
'Rather than honing in on things that are deemed offensive and the human wastes of space that further the issues maybe more people better wake up and realise that all the laws that are currently passing are limiting your free speech.

How could a prank call go so terribly wrong? Is it possible that she was borderline suicidal before she took that call? It would've been impossible for the 2 Aussie DJs to predict how she would react like this.

Well... I actually kinda feel bad for the hosts- some nutjob goes and offs themselves over a stupid phone call and now they're gonna carry that weight. I would actually award these two Darwin's Medal of Excellence for accelerating the process of natural selection. The far scarier part is that there was a nurse working with patients and sharp objects who was this mentally unstable. That's not a good thing.

If you were foolish enough to believe that it truly was the queen calling you from the reception desk then almost anything else could have finished you off. it was just bad timing for both parties, but seriously, if your gonna kill yourself over something like this.....

Pretty amazing how many people voted that these people should be prosecuted. It does help explain how the country has gotten where it has. These people most likely think the word LOGIC is a hotel for CHIC people. They have no idea what the word FREEDOM means. I suppose in their case it is; you are FREE to be DUMB.

No. I don't know what they really could be charged with. They deserve the backlash they've received and their show has been cancelled plus their careers are probably going to be toast because of this childish prank. Added to that their going to have to live with this for the rest of their lives.

There was no way they could have predicted the tragic outcome, criminal charges are for those whose actions are intended to violate the law or where actions have la higher liklihood of potential serious consequences such as dangerous driving, DUI etc.

The managers who approved the stunt may be subject to civil litigation & it does seem they failed to follow PR protocol by airing the conversation between the disc jockeys & medical staff. Still, any one of us could play a 'joke' on someone & not realize the impact of humiliating or potentially impacting on a persons career, family, self esteem etc. Prison is not the answer, it rarely is.

Although deserve something, this poll alone says there are people here who would have done the same thing. With such a likely jury, the nurse would never get justice. For some, the nurse is just a doormat to wipe their feet on, clean their feet and leave the incident behind!

There is no way they could've known that the poor woman would commit suicide. They did invade privacy and I'm sure this is something that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. The guilt and the public disdain for them will play on their conscious for years to come.